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You will find this transcript helpful if: 1. You are a visual learner. 2. Learning to read Chinese is just as important to you as learning to speak it. 3. You don’t want to rely on pinyin. 4. You prefer a syllable-for-syllable transcript of what you’re hearing. This transcript includes the English narrator (12pt Times New Roman) and all of the spoken Chinese in simplified text (18pt Sim-Sun). I used 18 point for the Chinese text because as a beginner I often had difficulty distinguishing different characters apart. If you’re smart and print out the pages double-sided, you’ll notice that the page numbers and lesson numbers are printed on the bottom outside corners and times for the lessons are in 3-minute intervals on the outside margin next to the corresponding line of dialogue. Enjoy!

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LESSON TWENTY-FIVE This is unit twenty-five of Pimselur’s Mandarin Chinese One. 请听这段国语 对话。

A: 请问，这条路去美新饭店吗？ B: 不是。 A: 那么，哪条路去美新饭店？ B: 你应该走那条路。不是很远。

请问, Is Maxine’s Restaurant very far?

美新饭店很远吗？ 美新饭店是不是很远？ 请说, You should take this road.

你应该走这条路。 这条路 国语—In Mandarin. 国语, Which road, 怎么问。

哪条路？ 哪 哪条路？ 现在请说, The road to the right.

右边那条路。 那条路。 Ask if you should take the road to the right.

我应该走右边那条路吗？ 国语, Wait one moment. 怎么说?

等一会儿。 Ask if you should take the road to the left.

我应该走左边那条路吗？ 我应该走左边那条路吗？ No. The road is over there.

3:00 不是。那条路在那儿。 式式说, You should take that road.

你应该走那条路。

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那条路。 再问一次, Which road?

哪条路？ Which road? That road.

哪条路？那条路。 哪 那 现在请说, Take King’s Road.

走英皇道。 英皇道 Then.

然后 Then, go straight ahead.

然后，一直前走往。 Ask if it’s very far.

很远吗？ 是不是很远？ Ask if it’s very expensive.

很贵吗？ 是不是很贵？ 国语, Hong Kong dollars. 怎么说?

港币 港币 Seventy Hong Kong dollars.

七十块港币 式式说, eighty Hong Kong dollars.

八十块港币 八十 请说, You should take this road. 6:00

你应该走这条路。 这条路 式式说, Maxine’s Restaurant isn’t very far.

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美新饭店不是很远。 And now ask how much money I have.

你有多少钱？ 请说, I have eighty Hong Kong dollars.

我有八十块港币。 国语, I can. 怎么说?

我可以。 请问, Can I buy something?

我可以买一点儿东西吗？ 我可不可以买一点儿东西？ Can I buy something here? Remember the word order.

我可以在这儿买一点儿东西吗？ 我可不可以在这儿买一点儿东西？ 请说, You can’t.

你不可以。 式式说, You can’t buy anything.

你不可以买东西。 Why? 请跟着说。

为什么？ 什么 为

9:00 为 为什么？ That’s pronounced with a falling tone followed by rising and falling tones. 再问一次, Why?

为什么？ Because. 请跟着说。

因为 为 为 因

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因 因为 因为 The tones are high-level and falling. 请说, because.

因为 请问, Why?

为什么？ Why? Because. Pay attention to the tones.

为什么？因为。 请说, I have eighty Hong Kong dollars.

我有八十块港币。 八十 请说一次, because.

因为 The stores are closed. 请跟着说, store or stores.

商店 店 商 商 商店 商店 The tones are high-level and falling. 请说, stores.

商店 The stores are closed. 请听。

商店关门了。 You’re saying something like, The store’s doors have been closed. 请跟着说, closed.

关 关 关 This is pronounced with a high-level tone. 请说, closed.

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12:00 关 请跟着说, doors.

门 门 Notice the rising tone. 请说, doors.

门 请跟着说, The doors have been closed.

关门了。 了 关门了。 The 了 ending with a falling tone is what means, have been.请说, The doors have been closed.

关门了。 式式说, The stores have closed.

商店关门了。 And do you remember how to say, enough or That’s enough?

够了。 With the 了 ending you’re literally saying, has been enough. 再说一次, The stores are closed.

商店关门了。 请问, Why?

为什么？ 为什么？ The stores are closed.

商店关门了。 Because it’s too late. 请跟着说。

因为太晚了。 晚 晚 晚了 太晚了。 国语, late. 怎么说?

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晚 Late is pronounced with a falling-rising tone. Tell me that it’s too late.

太晚了。 请说, eighty.

八十 Say that the stores are closed.

商店关门了。 现在跟着说, open. 15:00

开 开 开 The word is pronounced with a high-level tone. 请说, open.

开 式式说, open doors.

开门 Try to ask, Are the stores open? Remember to ask, have been opened.

商店开门了吗？ 开门了吗？ You can also ask this in a different way. 请跟着说。

商店有没有开门？ 有没有 有没有开门？ 商店有没有开门？ This is the positive-negative structure used for this question. 再问一次, Are the stores open? Use both forms.

商店开门了吗？ 商店有没有开门？ Try to answer, no.

没有。 没有。商店没有开门。 The stores have been closed. 怎么说?

商店关门了。

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了 关门了 Ask again if the stores are open now.

18:00 现在，商店开门了吗？ 现在，商店有没有开门？ 再说一次—Say again. 再说一次, The stores are closed.

商店关门了。 Because it’s too late.

因为太晚了。 因为太晚了。 请说, Wait one moment.

等一会儿。 等一会儿。商店开门了。 I don’t understand what you are saying.

我不明白你说什么。 式式说, Please say it again.

请再说一次。 现在请说, The stores are open.

商店开门了。 开门了 And now tell me that the stores are closed.

商店关门了。 关门了 The tones are the same. Tell me, Now the stores are closed.

现在商店关门了。 Say, It’s too late.

太晚了。 太晚了。 现在请问, What time is it?

现在几点钟？ 回答, Now it’s eight o’clock.

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现在八点钟。 请问, Now are the stores open? 21:00

现在商店开门了吗？ 现在商店有没有开门？ 请说, The stores are open.

商店开门了。 How would you tell me that now the stores are closed?

现在商店关门了。 请问, Now are the stores open?

现在商店开门了吗？ 现在商店有没有开门？ 请说, Now the stores are open.

现在商店开门了。 开门了 How do you think you’d tell me, No, the stores are not open?

没有，商店没有开门。 没有。 现在请说, Now the stores are closed.

现在商店关门了。 式式问, Why?

为什么？ Because it’s too late.

因为太晚了。 太晚了。 Now it’s nine o’clock.

现在九点钟。 The stores are closed.

商店关门了。 24:00 Ask if it’s very far.

很远吗？ 是不是很远？ 请说, Go straight ahead.

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一直往前走。 Now ask if it’s very expensive.

很贵吗？ 是不是很贵？ 请说, eighty Hong Kong dollars.

八十块港币 Seventy-two.

七十二 七十二 请说, sixty-four Hong Kong dollars.

六十四块港币 六十四块港币 请说, You can’t buy anything.

你不可以买东西。 请说, Because the stores are closed.

因为商店关门了。 现在式式说, Tomorrow the stores are open. You don’t need 了 with tomorrow.

明天商店开门。 明天商店开门。 再说一次, Tomorrow the stores are open.

明天商店开门。 Now listen to this conversation. 请听这段对话。

A: 我可以走香港买一点儿东西吗？ B: 不可以。 A: 为什么？ B: 因为商店关门了。 A: 为什么？ 27:00 B: 因为现在太晚了。 A: 不是很远。 B: 太晚了。今天不可以买东西。

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What time is it? 怎么问?

现在几点钟？ 回答, It’s ten o’clock.

现在十点钟。 现在请说, The stores are closed.

商店关门了。 Why?

为什么？ 为什么？ 回答, Because it’s too late.

因为太晚了。 Ask him what he would like to do.

你想做什么？ I would like to buy something.

我想买一点儿东西。 Tomorrow the stores are open. 怎么说?

明天商店开门。 明天商店开门。 式式说, But now the stores are closed.

可是现在商店关门了。 I would like to buy something.

我想买一点儿东西。 式式说, For my wife.

给我的太太。 我想买一点儿东西给我的太太。 This is the end of unit twenty-five.